Manchester City thrashed Stoke City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to leapfrog Arsenal into third place in the Premier League. City’s 19-year-old Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice, in the 64th and 74th minutes, and was brought down for the penalty in the 43rd minute from which Sergio Aguero scored has 16th goal in as many games this year. Fernando headed City’s opener from Jesus Navas’s 35th-minute corner. Stoke have now conceded four goals in each of their last three games. Iheanacho will be hoping to retain his starting slot for City’s Champions League semi-final first-leg game against…
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Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi reassured coach Laurent Blanc that will remain in charge of the French champions next season. PSG remain on track for another domestic treble after triumphing in Saturday’s Coupe de la Ligue final but Blanc’s future still remains uncertain despite four successive Ligue 1 titles and a new contract only signed in February. Jose Mourinho has been linked with a move to the French capital after Blanc was unable to prevent a fourth consecutive quarter-final exit in the Champions League. However, Al-Khelaifi insisted Blanc, 50, is going nowhere. “It [contract] was extended for two years, he…
Thierry Henry has warned Manchester City not to be “hypnotised” by Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in their Champions League semi-final. City host Madrid in Tuesday’s first leg at the Etihad Stadium, which will mark the Premier League club’s first semi-final appearance in the Champions League. Madrid’s presence in the final four alone is down to the heroics of Ronaldo, who scored a second-leg hat-trick in his team’s quarter-final against Wolfsburg, who lost 3-2 on aggregate, having won 2-0 in Germany. And while Ronaldo proved his match-winning capabilities once again on the big stage, former Arsenal and France international forward Henry…
Liverpool are in sparkling form ahead of their Europa League semi-final against Villarreal and already, manager Jurgen Klopp feels silverware is within the club’s reach. Klopp has only been at Anfield since October but he is confident he can establish the sort of title-winning prowess he had at Borussia Dortmund, who his side knocked out of the Europa League in the quarter-finals. “I feel there is a power at this club,” he said. “I felt it when we played Dortmund at Anfield and I saw it in the streets before the game. I believe that there are some clubs who…
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said he has no grudge to bear against former club Real Madrid ahead of their Champions League semi-final clash. But Pellegrini admitted he was not happy with being sacked by the La Liga club after just one season at the helm in 2010. Pellegrini was plucked from Villarreal to lead a Madrid side that had just acquired Cristiano Ronaldo for a world record fee from Manchester United but could only finish second behind Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona at the end of the 2009-10 season. “I was upset at the time because we played so well and…
The highly anticipated record of Dem Mama Record’s Timaya and 2nite Entertainment’s act, Flavour finally surfaces as promised. The Young D produced tune is titled ‘M.O.N.E.Y’ and the record is obviously a potential hit.
Popular Juju musician and chairman Lagos chapter of Juju Musicians Association of Nigeria(AJUMN), Segun Nabi is ready to set a new record in the Juju music industry. The prolific musician, will on April 24, 2016, launch three albums- Grip, Amin (Amen) and Appreciation 5 – at a go, a feat that has not been accomplished before in the Juju music terrain. Slated to hold at Glass House Events Centre, New Oko Oba, Lagos, the albums unveiling event, will see notable Juju artistes like Sir Shina Peters, Yinka Ayefele, Mega 9’9, Femi Solar, Dele Gold, among others perform. Popular Yoruba actors,…
On April 12, 2016, HKN lead act, Davido was unveiled as the latest Pepsi ambassador, joining fellow music stars like Wizkid, Seyi Shay and Tiwa Savage as the face of the brand. Then, yesterday while he was ranting on Snapchat, he revealed that the deal is worth N100 million and he had plans of buying cars for everyone on his label. Now that he’s angry with a family member in his crew, he may just be tempted to keep all the money to himself.
In times past, countless Nigerians have fallen victim to scammers who send text messages to their mobile phones proclaiming that they won a gift which they should pay to collect. One of their latest target is Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson. Here’s the message she got recently: ‘hi Mercy Johnson, you just won a new laptop on Mercy Johnson giveaway. Pay money so we can send it to you’. According to her, ‘I quickly cleaned my make up and went to check if my face was still on my head, and asked my hubby to assure me that am actually the…
Nollywood actress and UN Ambassador, Chika Ike is bereaved. The University of Lagos graduate revealed she lost her mother yesterday, Monday April 18, 2016 via an Instagram post, while also recounting the role she played in her life. “RIP Mum. Saying I am going to miss you is an understatement, I can’t still believe you are gone , I sit here wondering if I’m in a dream and waiting for someone to pinch me . You thought me how to be strong, giving, loyal, compassionate and driven. You told me that there is nothing impossible to do. You made me…
On Tuesday, April 18, 2016 Nigerian pop star and Five Star Music lead act, Kcee was a year older. On that day, the Limpopo singer released some really dapper pictures to celebrate his birthday as he also hit the 1m follower mark on Instagram. He’s however not held a party to celebrate it because it was a week-day. Now Kcee and his label mates, Harrysong and Skiibii have arrived in South Africa where he’ll hold a birthday party at Harem Night Club on Friday, April 22, 2016.
Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon has admitted she could invite her perceived rival, Stella Damasus to a movie shoot if need be. The two Nollywood darlings have reportedly been involved in a face-off over Doris’ ex-husband, Daniel Ademinokan. While speaking with Vanguard on her present stand with Stella, Doris said, ‘I have no business with her’, before going on to comment on whether she could invite the latter for a shoot. ‘Yes, I can, after all, she is an actress and money is involved. I can do business with an enemy provided it is strictly business. Why her when I can…
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has confirmed his part in the remake of 1995 hit movie, Jumanji. “It’s official,” he wrote. “We’ll produce and deliver to a whole new generation a title that I love and is one of my all time favs. There’s games you play for fun… then there’s games that change your life. JUMANJI.” The original film, made in 1995, was based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 picture book and starred the late Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst. The story portrayed two children who played a magical board game in order to save a man who had been…
Rumours of a reconciliation between the Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz have been rife in recent times. This is coming following Brooklyn’s split from former girlfriend Sonia Ben Ammar. It now seems all but confirmed now that Brooklyn Beckham and Chloe Grace Moretz are back together, following their romantic stroll in London on Friday. The romance between the pair is thought to have been reignited earlier this month, when Chloe and Brooklyn dined with the Beckhams, and Chloe’s mother, Terri, at Soho House in Los Angeles. A source told The Sun UK that; “Chloe and Brooklyn are very much…
Internationally acclaimed rap act, Kanye West has revealed that he watches pornographic movies. Though he didn’t disclose if he watches with his wife, Kim Kardashian, the entertainer revealed that he watches porn with good storyline. The rapper revealed this when he and Kim appeared on the series finale of Khloe Kardashian’s chat show “Kocktails with Khloe” alongside Chrissy Teigen and John Legend. Explaining the weird habit, he said he had to reduce the noisy moans of the porn stars to the barest minimum as he lived so close to other people. “I’ve never watched porn with the sound on,” he…
It was all fun and fragranceat Ndubuisi Kanu Park, Lagos and River Plate Park, Abuja as Sunlight Detergent hosted celebrities and consumers in its Lagos and Abuja demo washes. Popular celebrities and OAPs likeMercy Aigbe-Gentry, Chindinma (Ms. Kedike), Adama Indimi, Empress Njamah, Willy Willy of Wazobia FM, Abuja, Amaka Fresh of Hot FM, Duncan Matilda of Rhythm FM, Kenny Saint Brown, Omo Baba, Ara and hundreds of consumers present at the simultaneous demo washes confirmed Sunlight’s 2-in-1 claims of improved fragrance and cleaning. The Brand Manager, Sunlight, Ojeabuo Akhiojemidescribed the event as a strategic initiative of the brand to create…
TIME magazine has revealed its annual list of 100 most influential people for 2016. From artists and leaders to pioneers, titans and icons, check out your favourite actors who made the list. “Taraji is the modern-day Bette Davis, touching audiences with her honesty and intensity. When you are on set with Taraji, she listens, but she also questions. She challenges everyone to go the extra step to get it right. She has a deep understanding of the human condition, and she displays it with her eyes—the pain, the happiness, the love, the laughter.” – Lee Daniels. “Maybe it’s funnier for…
Cameroon will play host to some of Africa’s biggest stars like Ramsey Noah, Gideon Okeke, Richard Mofe Damijo, Juliet Ibrahim and Fred Amata, ahead of the 2016 Cameroon International Film Festival (CAMIFF) to hold in April. CAMIFF 2016 is holding its first edition and is already proving to be the event every film maker in Africa is looking forward to attend thanks to an enriching six-day program to entertain and train movie makers and fans across the continent. “We are very excited to be doing this [film festival] now,” Agbor Gilbert, founder of CAMIFF tells DCODED TV. “CAMIFF is to…
In a statement published on E! Online, CBS announced President Barack Obama’s wife will appear in an episode that will air in the US on May 3. The special episode, titled ‘Homefront’, shall see Mrs Obama welcome special agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the wife of a Marine to the White House for a “Joining Forces” roundtable with actual military spouses. He said “When we talk about growing this industry or rebuilding this industry, what stares us in the face more is the problems rather than the solutions.” “We have talked about the role of government in all of these.…
The Lagos Police Command has lifted the lid on what happened after the highly publicized feud between blogger, Linda Ikeji and Wizkid was reported to them. According to the Police P.R.O, Dolapo Badmos, when the police invited the parties, they agreed to resolve the matter out of court after Wizkid said he had not really meant to threaten her life, and that his rant was rather emotional, with no malicious intent attached. Wizkid, she said, explained that the threat of sending his 16-year old cousin to beat up Linda, was also written out of anger and emotion and there was…